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[Scottish lass]

I would be very grateful for any personal experience of the mirena coil. It has been suggested to try and manage my menopausal bleeding but I have been told horrible stories of pain etc

[Snowcat]

Hi.  I had a mirena coil for a year but no pain. I thought everything was fine. However I started bleeding at the end of that year so gynae did a hysteroscopy and he said he couldn’t believe what he saw! Lots of strange growths everywhere! He said he’d never seen anything like it!

I was booked in for an endometrial ablation to destroy the womb lining and remove all the growths, which fortunately were benign - further examination of the removed mirena found that it was defective and hadn’t worked, hence the overgrowth of endometrial tissue.  I don’t want to scare you or put you off but that was my experience. 

[Suziemc]

Hi

I had one fitted a couple of years ago (I'm now 62 and 13 years post menopause) after having post meno bleeding 18mths after starting HRT.

I was very reluctant as I'd had a contraceptive coil in the 80s and had to have it removed after just a few months due to issues. The oncolgy/gynae nurse assured me that it's a different type of coil these days , as did the gynae so I decided to go for it.  The fitting was done at the same time as a hysteroscopy and biopsy to investigate thickened womb lining, I took ibuprofen and paracetamol before the procedure and had local anaesthetic in my cervix. I'd describe the  procedure as uncomfortable rather than painful whilst it was being undertaken.

I experienced spotting for 3 months after the coil was inserted, not constant and it dwindled over the weeks. I had no after pain or discomfort at all.

We are all very different, I know other women have had the opposite experience to me but  when this one comes to end of life I'll definitely have another if I'm able to.

Suzie

[chopsuey]

I had one fitted in September last year, after developing a thickened lining and polyps whilst on Utrogestan.

I've had no pain since it was fitted and any spotting stopped after a few days. It was fitted whilst under GA. I do have a brown stain about once a month though and having read Snowcat's rather alarming post, I am wondering whether I should get mine checked out.

Other than that, it has not caused me any problems.

[sheila99]

I've had one since Jan this year and for me it's been great. No bleeding after the first 6 weeks and no side effects unlike the drugged feeling on utrogestan. I think it's like every hrt, the vast majority are absolutely fine on it but there will be a small number who can't tolerate it.

[Scottish lass]

Thank you so much to those who have replied. I have not had children and I have heard stories of people fainting etc with pain during to fitting appt

[chopsuey]

I had the same fears as you for the same reason. Knowing it would be done under GA, following polyp removal was a big factor in me agreeing to have one fitted.

I was very anxious about my first hysteroscopy for the same reason but it was OK with taking prescription level codeine beforehand and they used a local anaesthetic on the cervix and a dilator. If you decide to go ahead, I would ask whoever is fitting it what options there are for pain relief.

[sheila99]

I took paracetamol beforehand and found it hurt momentarily when it popped through. Probably 7/10 for pain, hysteroscopy was much worse.

[MadameOvary]

I got a Mirena coil to deal with my extreme heavy periods and to provide the progesterone part of my HRT. It's been brilliant. Stopped my periods altogether.
Having it fitted was really painful but worth it. It didn't take long. I'm having it replaced under GA because they want to do a hysteroscopy too and I couldn't cope with the pain when they tried to do it without anaesthetic.

[Kathleen]

Hello ladies.

Chopsuey - Your comment about brown staining struck a cord with me. I had been using 1 mg of Sandrena gel and 100mg of Utrogestan daily for about 18 months and I often noticed that brown/pinkish staining appeared at the end of the day. My latest scan was fine so I thought the staining was likely a symptom of vaginal dryness. 
Since coming off HRT three months ago all the staining has stopped, I have developed more dryness symptoms so I expected the staining to get worse but it has resolved which makes me think that it was an effect of the HRT after all.

Your staining is far less frequent than mine but perhaps there is some connection to your Mirena Coil.

Wishing you well and take care.

K.

[chopsuey]

Thanks Kathleen

I'm sure it's connected to my HRT in some way, rather than dryness. I will monitor for a few more months. I may have to pay for another ultrasound scan if it persists. I will avoid going through my GP, as fear they will say at 6 years post menopause, I'm on too much Oestrogel (4 pumps), even though the Mirena is supposed to protect the womb against that amount of gel.

[Dazedandconfused]

I had a Mirena fitted at 60 due to bleeding as I wasn't absorbing the utrogestan.  I spotted for about six months, very slightly, then the bleeding stopped.  Now, two years later, I don't even know it's there. It's been great for me.